ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,182, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Ultravision Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Method of detection of microcalcifications by ultrasound" was invented by William Charles Scott (North Palm Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices for imaging of microcalcification particles using ultrasound. The method may include delivering a multi-pulse transmit packet of an acoustic line to a predetermined location within a tissue having or suspected of having a microcalcification; causing the microcalcification to move or oscillate, comparing one or more received signals from the location over one or more transmissions,...